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I love the kx and xdb and similar suggestions. I would love them even more if these solutions were accessible to mere mortals. For the rest of us there's MonetDB: http://monetdb.cwi.nl/

Is anyone scalping ER2 and ES using X_Trader? I'm just starting out, using the simulator for the time being. It took me a couple of days of $200 losses to get up to speed but I'm up $727 from a $200 loss today, before lunch. This includes a win of $840 on the ER over 36 trades and a loss...

Any opinions here? Velocity Futures offers both and I'm inclined to use X_Trader. I'm wondering if I'm missing anything by not using NinjaTrader, though. Thanks in advance, Joel

Yes, AAPL and the 80 call dropped .50 since I bought. Darn. Are you suggesting I sell a Jan 90 call? Thanks, Joel

That's what I'm busy with right now at ToS. Just in: BOT +2 AAPL 100 JAN 07 80 CALL @ 12.20 PHLX I suppose I just had to teach myself a lesson. Yep, I have yet to read through the whole thread but I have it open in the browser. Will do, thanks a lot!

Are you suggesting that buying a couple of days before Jan expiration would be a great opportunity? Just making sure I understand. The issue for me is choosing the call to buy. I don't want to go to 100 and the premiums on the 90 calls are quite high (5.50 ask - .36 = 5?). With the 95s...

Well, my obvious bet is that AAPL will make a big move _before_ expiration and earnings as they have MacWorld (their largest yearly expo) in the beginning of January where they will announce new products like iPhone. I'm a software developer and a voracious reader of tech news so I'm trying...

Thank you very much scriabinop23, spreadn00b, FullyArticulate! I just bought a bunch of books and will soon buy more, McMillan and Natenberg included. Fully: I just sent you an email, would you kindly take a look?

No mispricing, basic options question. I'm a newbie :-).

Folks, I see that the JAN APPL 80 calls are 12.80 (Ask) in ToS whereas the 85 are 9 and 90 are 6. It looks to me that it's cheapest to buy the 80 calls since I would break even above 92 whereas with 85s it would be 94 and 96 with 90s? Is my understanding correct? How do you explain...

SNE seems to be on a run this morning, gaining .25 as of 10:22am. Any idea what's propping it up? I use ThinkorSwim, how would I analyze the various forces affecting SNE? What does market depth tell me when I see Ask Size being larger than bid size, for example? Thanks, Joel...

Failure is not an option! :D Seriously, though, I won't have to "go back" to anything as I'm a freelance software developer with a flexible schedule. Moving from sunny Tenerife to Barcelona in the winter is an entirely different matter.

I'm already in Spain, for example (Canary Islands), so moving to Barcelona is not a huge change for me. What I'm trying to understand is whether this is a deal of a lifetime for someone inexperienced like me. Seems that this is sort of like running your own hedge fund, except you don't get...

Well, I figure I don't have enough capital (just a few thousand) for stocks whereas it could be enough to dip a toe into ... options most likely. I hope to add more money to the account over time. I did buy a whole bunch of books, full list here...

Do you mean the Variable Volatility Model, Backtrader and 5 years of historical options data? Are you actively using OptionVue and feel these features are worth the price that you are paying?

BiteMe, would you care to elaborate on the false part? What features of OV can you _not_ use at TOS for free? What is missing in TOS that OV has and how does that give you a trading advantage?

Added OptionCoach's book to my list and will keep reading through the SPX Credit Spread thread. It's reeeaaallyyyy long, though.

Thank you garbo! I'm funding my ToS account first and then my account with Velocity Futures. IB requires too much paperwork for a corporate account.

Thank you socalpt! I have a couple of books, just ordered a number of books and have about 400 euro worth of books yet to order. I had some of these, a long time ago but unfortunately had to leave my library behind. Yes, I will be ordering McMillan books as well as Sheldon Natenberg's...

I opened an account last week, will fund it on Monday but thought I would ask anyway :-). Have you used OptionVue, though, or are you speaking in general terms?